Communes of French Guiana

French Guiana is divided into two arrondissements, which are subdivided into communes. Here are two maps showing the communes: one showing data  and one clickable . The table below shows all of the communes of French Guiana.

CommuneHASCPopulationArea(km.²)
ApatouGF.SL.AP6,7362,020
Awala-YalimapoGF.SL.AY1,317187
CamopiGF.CY.CM1,63910,030
CayenneGF.CY.CY56,00224
Grand-SantiGF.SL.GS5,0912,112
IracouboGF.CY.IR1,9952,762
KourouGF.CY.KR25,4042,160
MacouriaGF.CY.MC9,751378
ManaGF.SL.MN9,1096,339
MaripasoulaGF.SL.MP8,52918,360
MatouryGF.CY.MY28,407137
Montsinéry-TonnegrandeGF.CY.MT2,234621
OuanaryGF.CY.OU981,080
PapaichtonGF.SL.PA4,8322,678
RéginaGF.CY.RK88912,130
Remire-MontjolyGF.CY.RM19,69146
RouraGF.CY.RO2,6643,903
Saint-ÉlieGF.CY.SE5565,680
Saint-GeorgesGF.CY.SG4,1332,320
Saint-Laurent-du-MaroniGF.SL.SL38,6574,830
SaülGF.SL.SA1624,475
SinnamaryGF.CY.SI3,2711,340

Change history (partial):

  1. 1879-10-15: Law passed authorizing the creation of communes in French Guiana. The first communes included Île-de-Cayenne et Tour de l'Île, Rémire, Roura, and Tonnégrande-Montsinéry.
  2. 1891-02-25: Name of Tour de l'Île commune changed to Matoury.
  3. 1968: Maripasouli commune created.
  4. 1969-03-17: Approuague commune merged with Régina; La Comte commune merged with Roura; Moyenne Mana commune merged with Mana; Samson commune merged with Saül; Grand-Santi-Papaïchton commune created.
  5. 1976-11-12: Apatou commune split from Grand-Santi-Papaïchton.
  6. 1988-12-31: Awala-Yalimapo commune split, probably from Mana. The date 1989-04-16 is also given.
  7. 1992: Grand-Santi-Papaïchton commune split into Grand-Santi and Papaïchton.
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